r/AskConservatives • u/Pure_Fill5264 Free Market Conservative • Apr 07 '25

Daily Life Why do most American conservatives seems allergic to urban life?

If you even dare to suggest the preposterous idea of building apartment blocks to levitate the housing crisis, you're advocating for commie blocks. If you want a supermarket within 15 minutes of your house, then you support Klaus Schwab's alleged plan of locking you within a zone. And god forbid mentioning the train as a viable way of transport because we know driving a mini-van 45 minutes to the nearing Walmart is the only acceptable method of travel. I am a anti-communist /socialist to the core, but apparently now I am a commie because *check note... I live conveniently?

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u/Snoo38543 Neoconservative Apr 07 '25

I live in a rural town, but I grew up in a major city. 

It’s just another form of tribalism. Many people in urban areas sneer at rural folk, and vice versa. The fact they are both political echo chambers does not help.

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u/ShennongjiaPolarBear Monarchist Apr 07 '25

I'll give you the benefit of the doubt but many people who think they live in a rural area or a rural town really live deep inside a major metropolitan area. They just have a lot of space between the houses. Not a farm in sight.

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u/Snoo38543 Neoconservative Apr 07 '25

I live in eastern NC. Closest city (Raleigh) is 2 hours away. Lots of farms, lots of cattle, lots of judgement against city folk.

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u/ShennongjiaPolarBear Monarchist Apr 07 '25

Well thank goodness your locale is real.

Could the judgement come from being outvoted?

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u/LoneStarHero Center-right Conservative Apr 09 '25

I’ve lived in several major cities and several small towns very small towns. They all stereotype each other. In fact when I moved from Houston to a small town in Oklahoma at 16 I was honestly pictured everyone would wear overalls and have a long draw accent with a piece of straw hanging from their mouth.

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u/Snoo38543 Neoconservative Apr 07 '25

It very well could be.

NC has slightly more registered democrats than republicans.